tensed
紧张,紧张的,紧绷的,绷紧的
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Definitions
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tens·er, tens·est.
- : stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
- : in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- : characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment.
- : Phonetics. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow. Compare lax.
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tensed, tens·ing.
- : to make or become tense.
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Examples
I discovered Martin’s paintings four years ago, during a similarly noisy, tense time.
The Washington Post went with “A nation divided,” while USA Today chose “A tense nation wonders what’s next.”
Now with a tense election nearing, they’re taking preemptive steps to prepare for turmoil that could last days.
I love mountain biking, but now even the thought of riding a short section of road on the way to the trails makes my body tense and tears well up in my eyes.
It’s been a tense process, because the political power of a Supreme Court justice is enormous—a president gets at most eight years to shape the law but a Supreme Court justice has a lifetime appointment to decide whether laws are constitutional.
My sleep is hot and jaw-tensed and filled with dreams of death.
The emphasis is on fresh faces and tensed bodies and muscles, rather than come-to-bed eyes, pouting, and bulges down below.
It was announced that a new face would soon be stopping by, and the mood slightly tensed.
His tensed muscles were aching unheeded; his sense of feeling seemed lost, so intently was he waiting for some further word.
Frankle tensed, a chill running up his spine, his eyes drawn back to the gleaming jewel.
It became bloated with a poisonous wrath, his eyes gleamed evilly and his muscles tensed.
Tick-Tock, ordinarily the most restful and composed of companions, definitely was still tensed up about something.